The Misfortunes of Virtue (Les infortunes de la vertu), number III from the series Short Treatise on Morales (Petit traité de morale)

24 September 2015, sold via auction by Leslie Hindman Auctioneers [lot 86] (Chicago, IL) to Richard E. Brock (Adelphi, MD); 30 December 2016, gifted to the Chazen Museum of Art

• Europe

• Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man (Dialogue entre un prêtre et un moribond), number I from the series Short Treatise on Morales (Petit traité de morale)
• Aline and Valcour (Aline et Valcour), number II from the series Short Treatise on Morales (Petit traité de morale)
• The 120 Days of Sodom (Les 120 journées de Sodome), number IV from the series Short Treatise on Morales (Petit traité de morale)
• Notes for the New Justine (Notes pour la nouvelle Justine), number V from the series Short Treatise on Morales (Petit traité de morale)
• The Eagle Mademoiselle (L'Aigle mademoiselle), number VI from the series Short Treatise on Morales (Petit traité de morale)
• Insight on the Romans (Idée sur les Romans), number VII from the series Short Treatise on Morales (Petit traité de morale)
• The Crimes of Love (Les Crimes de l'amour), number VIII from the series Short Treatise on Morales (Petit traité de morale)
• Philosophy in the Boudoir (La Philosophie dans le boudoir), number IX from the series Short Treatise on Morales (Petit traité de morale)
• Juliet or the Prosperity of Vice (Juliette ou Les Prospérités du vice), number X from the series Short Treatise on Morales (Petit traité de morale)

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